Trip Limits = 20

Note: A sign-up sheet will be available at
the registration desk during the conference. Please sign up by
Wednesday noon.

Overview:

The Anchorage Water & Wastewater Utility invites you to top
off the conference with a local field trip Wednesday evening to
visit the Eklutna Water Treatment Facility and Ship Creek Energy
Recovery Station and see the new innovation in place and being
developed to optimize the water treatment and energy costs for
the utility operations.

At Eklutna folks will see:

State of the Art conventional, gravity flow water treatment
facility

Raw water energy recovery turbine

Advanced, Utility-wide SCADA system for operation of the entire
AWWU system (five water and wastewater treatment plants and
over 100 remote facilities including pump
stations, water reservoirs, and high production water wells)

At the Ship Creek Energy Recovery Station folks will see:

Large diameter water transmission mains and associated pressure
reducing valves

High pressure water pumps to reverse flow in our Eklutna Water
Pipeline (allows us to pump water north to Eklutna during plant
shutdowns)

Large capacity heat exchangers for the new high efficiency
electric power generation facility. These heat exchangers provide
heat dissipation for power plant cooling and add heat to our
water system, helping prevent frozen water lines/services and
reducing water heating costs to consumers. Also incorporated
into the high efficiency power plant is inlet air cooling using
AWWU water to lower air temperatures for the gas turbines, greatly
increasing their efficiency.

The group will have some brown-bag (sandwiches, chips) and assortment
of water and juices for the trip (provided by GW Scientific).

Personal vehicles will be used and rides will be worked out prior
to leaving.

The group will meet in the hotel lobby directly following the
last session of the conference.